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I think Jeeps hold their value well. It seems like I’ve become comfortable buying at retail plus and selling at wholesale minus a lot. I traded a Cayenne and bought a Jeep because the Cayenne couldn’t be towed, easily. The Jeep new was half the price of the German car and its used value was about 3-4 times more. Repairs to a Cayenne are expensive and that pretty much kills their value as they get older. Jeeps are relatively cheap to repair.
My Jeep is OK but I’d much rather be driving the Cayenne.

I have just equipped my GMC Terrain V6 to be towed behind the FC. I have never had a vehicle behind and traveled from Canada to Florida and back from Seattle, in addition to numerous camping trips.

I feel the toad is essential. Besides convenient transportation and a break-down escape pod, I also consider the safety... what if I need to get to a hospital or take the dogs to the vet at a moment's notice. Not easy to ask around for a ride or pack up the FC.

I'm very excited to get on the road with the Terrain behind. The convenience and safety will be worth the cost.

We towed a Honda Fit on our first extended trip. We had a dolly and loading and unloading weren't a big deal. But, we found the lack of backing ability was a real pain.

Our 36' PT turns in parking lots and such fairly well and so we find we can shop and such if we don't try to go everywhere. Only takes 36 acres to do a U-turn!

We have a 6V92 so with only 330hp we do notice the car back there, especially on the big hills and the dolly brakes don't do it all so you have more load on your retarder and/or brakes going back down.

This trip we brought only shoes and bicycles. We have used lots of bike paths and some city streets, taxis, our first Uber, buses and rental cars. It is much easier when traveling and is fun to find ways around new places which works well with a little planning. Bus rides can be entertaining.

Have been stuck in Yuma now for a while and Enterprise has enjoyed their trip through my wallet but it's always been a nice new car, no maintenance, all the latest old folks driving aids and they will pick you up.

I guess I could take it or leave it depending on the trip routing and destination. Certainly doing off-road you would want your own but otherwise there are plenty of other options in most areas. But, it is worth trying without a TOAD.

WE were in Alaska and we kept seeing this same couple in a Class C towing an S10 pickup.
One rv park we were in and they were there too,but they did not have the pickup.
I asked about it and they told me they were way up in the hills on a dirt road and blew the engine.
They hitched a ride out and just abandoned the pickup,he said it was not worth towing it out and dragging it home with a bad engine.
Theres something to be said for cheap toads!

I think Jeeps hold their value well. It seems like I’ve become comfortable buying at retail plus and selling at wholesale minus a lot. I traded a Cayenne and bought a Jeep because the Cayenne couldn’t be towed, easily. The Jeep new was half the price of the German car and its used value was about 3-4 times more. Repairs to a Cayenne are expensive and that pretty much kills their value as they get older. Jeeps are relatively cheap to repair.
My Jeep is OK but I’d much rather be driving the Cayenne.

That Cayenne is a sweet ride.But hey Capt... I've got this bridge...... just joking Sir.

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Originally Posted by RheesB

We towed a Honda Fit on our first extended trip. We had a dolly and loading and unloading weren't a big deal. But, we found the lack of backing ability was a real pain.

Our 36' PT turns in parking lots and such fairly well and so we find we can shop and such if we don't try to go everywhere. Only takes 36 acres to do a U-turn!

We have a 6V92 so with only 330hp we do notice the car back there, especially on the big hills and the dolly brakes don't do it all so you have more load on your retarder and/or brakes going back down.

This trip we brought only shoes and bicycles. We have used lots of bike paths and some city streets, taxis, our first Uber, buses and rental cars. It is much easier when traveling and is fun to find ways around new places which works well with a little planning. Bus rides can be entertaining.

Have been stuck in Yuma now for a while and Enterprise has enjoyed their trip through my wallet but it's always been a nice new car, no maintenance, all the latest old folks driving aids and they will pick you up.

I guess I could take it or leave it depending on the trip routing and destination. Certainly doing off-road you would want your own but otherwise there are plenty of other options in most areas. But, it is worth trying without a TOAD.

RheesB... I'm sure there will be times when not taking the TOAD. Gotta first get acclimated to the BB itself. Wait got to first get the BB!!! Thanks for sharing your experiences.

P.S. CAN YOU BELIEVE THE AVAILABLE BB's ON THERE ON BBBB. That's OK, my time is coming... sooner that later!

I bought an 82 CJ5 Jeep for a towed. As soon as I get the wobble out over 60mph then we'll be fine again.

Michael, I've had a couple of Jeeps develop the dreaded death wobble. Both times it's taken a combination of alignment, ball joint replacement, steering stabilizer and wheel balancing(with wheel weights divided on both sides of the wheel).